This is the largest unit in the Selway Elk Management Zone and includes hundreds of square miles of two wilderness areas famous for elk hunting — Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church-River of No Return. Mule and whitetail deer also live here.

This is one of the few places in the West where hunters who buy over-the-counter rifle tags can hunt bull elk during the rut and also in October and November. Hunters rarely take a trophy size mule deer or whitetail deer, but can enjoy a long season. Hunting on main trails can be crowded, especially in September. Slightly more than half of bucks taken by hunters are whitetail deer. Most of the unit is so remote that pack animals are necessary.